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J. BLOMSTROM.

- GLOVE FASTENING.

A No. 311,101. Patented M11 20, 1885.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR K7 f W l I ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BLOMSTROM, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY \V. PRICE, OF SAME PLACE.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,101, dated January 20, 1885.

Application filed November X8, 1884. No model.)

I 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN BLOMSTROM, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fastenings for glove and mitten wristlets. Its object is to produce an efficient fastening at a small cost, capable of being easily closed and opened by the wearer.

It consists in a locking-clasp and atuckband inconnection therewith to connect and disconnect the clasp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the wrist portion of a glove, with my improvements in place thereon and in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a wrist portion of a glove open, with my improvements in place thereon.

The glove represented in the drawings is of that variety in which the wristlet is provided with a gore, or an opening on its palm face to permit the wristlet to expand to admit the hand freely. A rectangular loop,A,of proper dimensions, is fixed at B to the upper portion of the wristlet. A hook-loop,0,in connection with a tuck-band, D, is fixed at E to the under portion of the wristlet. The dimensions of the hook-loop and the tuclcband in connection therewith are such as to freely enter the rectangular loop B, and their positions on opposite sides of the wristlet relatively with each other are such as to engage each other when the wristlet is closed. The tuck-band, from its connection with the lower portion of the wristlet, is passed over the hook-loop and through the rectangular loop B on the opposide of the wristlet, and its free end is folded at F and fixed in its folded position by rivet or otherwise, forming a tab or detent to prevent'thc accidental withdrawal of the tuckband from the loop, and furnish a suitable appliance to be grasped by the fingers of the wearer to close the wristlet, connect or disconnect the hook-clasp. When the glove is in place on the hand, the wristlet is closed by drawing the tuck-band through the rectangular loop toward the lower position of the wristlet until it is carried over the hook-loop, when the band is relaxed and the tuck will be held in the locked connection with the clasp and hold the wristlet closed.

To disengage the lock-clasp to open the wristlet, a slight upward pull upon the free end of the tuck-band will disengage the hookclasp and free the rectangular loop from the hook-loop and permit the wristlet to open,and permit the hand to be withdrawn from the glove.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A glove-fastening consisting of a twopart hook-clasp, in combination with a tuckband arranged in relation to the hook, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,with a glove or mitten,

of a loop and hook clasp,-and a tuck-band connected with the wristlet and with each other, and operating substantially as set forth.

JOHN BLOMSTROM. Witnesses:

JACOB BEHEL, A. O. BEHEL. 

